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Samuelson, Janna. History, 1978.

Title: History, 1978.

Historical sketch of the First National Bank, Fargo, N.D., written for its centennial in 1978. Includes mention of bank founders, Newton K. Hubbard, Evan S. Tyler, and Samuel G. Roberts, rebuilding after the 1893 fire, 1906 merger with Red River Valley National Bank, officers and employees of the bank, including L.B. Hanna and Evan S. Tyler, early automation of bank procedures, surviving the depression, construction of new buildings in 1926 and 1961, the bank's 50th anniversary, opening a trust department, and a computer system added in the 1960s.

ArchivalResource: 1 item (19 leaves)

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/30104875 View

J. Roberts Haggart family photograph collection [graphic]

Title: J. Roberts Haggart family photograph collection [graphic] [1870s-1970s]

Family photograph collection of Haggart and related family lines including Hertsgaard, Roberts, Archer and Taisey. The Archer and Taisey families are from Finley, N.D. (the family of Marjorie Archer Haggart). Collection includes portraits, snapshots, albums of people and social scenes, and the Roberts-Haggart home at 1115 8th St. South in Fargo. The portrait series includes H.A. Barnes, Solomon G. Comstock, Dennis Hannifin, Ed Hughes family, Alexander McKenzie, Ed Patterson, Ed Plummer, Fred Poritt, and R.P. Russell.

ArchivalResource: 2475 photographic prints : gelatin silver ; 14 x 13 in. and smaller.1 photographic print ; oval image 18 x 12 in.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/27774317 View

Haggart, J. Roberts (John Roberts), 1901-1979. Collection of family papers, 1940s-1980s.

Title: Collection of family papers, 1940s-1980s.

Collection documents the lives of two early and prominent Fargo families, joined through the marriage of Gilbert and Ruth Roberts. There is biographical material on Gilbert W. Haggart and his diaries for 1953-1954 and 1959 outlines daily activities, and wedding invitation. The Haggart family material includes the diaries (1917, 1925 and 1929) for Ruth Roberts Haggart, several letters, genealogical information on the Haggart family from New York, and article, "The First Civilian Mason Raised in North Dakota," regarding John E. Haggart. The Roberts family material begins with Joseph Balls papers, father to Mrs. Sanuel G. Roberts. There is an 1846 list of his business expenses, and letters to him from 1847 to 1890, including letters from his brother Benjamin Balls at Carbrooks, Norfolk, England. The Samuel Roberts files include his "The Detailed Inside History of Locating the Agricultural College at Fargo," guardianship papers for Laura and Lois Marsh (1914-1917), daughters of Frank Marsh, household expense book, marriage certificate, clippings, First Presbyterian Church dedication speech by Jennie Roberts (1906), and a Y.M.C.A. history speech. There is a nearly complete set of diaries of J. Roberts Haggart (1921-1978) regarding daily events, other school related items. For Marjory Archer Haggart there are two scrapbooks regarding the Federal Emergency Relief Administration in North Dakota (1934-1935) for which she worked as public relations officer; the other scrapbook is for the Debate Squard at Fargo Central High School (1963-1971). As well there is some correspondence and clippings on the Haggart, Archer and Taisey families. The subject files include "Ballad of the Manse," by Rev. Granville R. Pike related to the paying of the mortgage in 1892 for First Presbyterian Church in Fargo.

ArchivalResource: 3.2 linear ft.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/48413023 View